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HR 4109 102th Congress House Taxation Bankruptcy Employee benefit plans Excise tax Health Health insurance Income tax Medicare Tax penalties

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase to 5 years the maximum required period of continuation coverage under an employer-provided group health plan.

Introduced: January 24, 1992 See on congress.gov
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Jan 28, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 24, 1992
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to five years the maximum period of continuation coverage under an employer-provided group health plan. (Current provisions require such coverage for 18 or 36 months.)

What's happening now January 28, 1992

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 5, 1992
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 10, 1992
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 10, 1992
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 19, 1992
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 19, 1992
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4109: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase to 5 years the maximum required period of continuation coverage under an employer-provided group health plan.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4109/
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"H.R. 4109: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase to 5 years the maximum required period of continuation coverage under an employer-provided group health plan.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4109/.
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H.R. 4109, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4109/.
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